Martha, aka Ellen Jane or Mattie, was the daughter of John Daughtry and Rachel Woodham. In 1880, the family was living in Reynolds, Dale County, Alabama.[1]
She married John T Cannon.[2] Martha gave birth to a child in 1894 who died. She died shortly afterward. She is buried in the Woodham Family Cemetery in Dale County, Alabama, beside her baby.[3]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JD-K2T : accessed 24 April 2016), Eler J Daughtery in household of Rachel Daughtery, Reynolds, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 64, sheet 631A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0010; FHL microfilm 1,254,010.
↑ "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z3-112 : accessed 26 March 2015), J. T. Cannon and Ella J. Daughtry, 31 Dec 1893; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1294502 V. B-E.
"Alabama Marriages, Deaths, Wills, and other Court Records 1784-1920"
"Woodham Family Cemetery Dale County, Alabama" complied by Robert Earl Woodham, 1996, pp 139, 141, 172
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mattie: